Robbins Q book?

[silent]

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Have any of you tried the Robbins Q book? Review of pathology i think its called. I've gotten behind in the readings and have been rushing through the chapters faster than before. And now I'm getting something like 50% of the q's right.

Should i be freaking out b/c i'll get a 50% on the upcoming path exam? Or are the questions just hard? Any one tried it? What percentage of the q's do you normally get right?

(Really freaking out about path now)

 

[DoctorFunk]

Full disclosure: I haven't taken a path exam yet, so I can't comment on similarities between the Qbook items and our block exams, but...

I find myself getting around a 75% on most of the chapter questions. Mind you, this is usually either just after reading the chapter or maybe reviewing the material in BRS Path a day after I read the chapter, so things are still really fresh. I figure the trick to the book is less seeing how many you can get right, and more forcing yourself to think about the material in a novel way and exposing yourself to clinical ways to apply your knowledge. I think as long as you are able to understand why you got the questions wrong that you did, you're golden.

 

[Thievery Corp.]

Silent,
I would not get too concerned about it. I think that the questions in the review of pathology are good because they are very difficult (even with reading the book) and make you think about each answer. I was getting about 75-80% right per chapter 1,2,3,4,6,and 7 and aced my first path exam.
Point being, if you can think through the robbins review questions you should be able to on your schools exams.

 

[Dunce]

That book is gold.

If it doesn't make you ace your Path tests something is wrong . . . or your teacher writes amazingly crappy test questions. Either way, the question book will definitely help you once you get to Step 1.

p.s. -- start looking at Goljan's notes and/or listening to the lectures if you are not already

 

[chitown82]

im getting around 75% right so far...im curious, what is good/bad in terms of questions...what are the rest of you getting?

 

[lattimer13]

That book is gold.

👍 what he said.

 

[Kimmer]

I got in the 50s on the questions too and passed path and did fine on the USMLE. No worries. Just keep plugging away.

 

[DoctorFunk]

I also find the question banks at the Webpath site to be pretty useful. They definitely hit things from a slightly different slant than the Review of Path book.

 

[mikedc813]

The book is great and yes the questions are hard. Just make sure to read all of the answer explanations thoroughly and if you understand them I think you're definitely on the right track...